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Checklist for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CLAIM): a guide for authors and reviewers

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Mongan, John, Moy, Linda, Kahn, Charles E.·2020·Radiology: Artificial Intelligence

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  • Current standards for reporting model performance in ML-based science often fall short in addressing issues caused by leakage.

    “Current standards for reporting model performance in ML-based science often fall short in addressing issues caused by leakage.”

    From Leakage and the reproducibility crisis in machine-learning-based science (2023) · cites this paper as [38]

    Items 20–21 address a leakage-related reporting concern: authors should describe how data were partitioned and ensure that images of the same patient do not appear in multiple partitions. The paper does not say that current reporting standards often fall short on leakage, or establish that claim across ML-based science generally. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Most checklists currently in use are not developed for ML-based science in general but rather for specific scientific or research communities.

    “Further, most checklists currently in use are not developed for ML-based science in general but rather for specific scientific or research communities.4,38”

    From Leakage and the reproducibility crisis in machine-learning-based science (2023) · cites this paper as [38]

    The Abstract identifies widely used checklists for particular kinds of research—diagnostic accuracy studies, observational studies, and trials—and presents CLAIM as a checklist for AI in medical imaging. It does not establish that most checklists currently in use are community-specific rather than designed for ML-based science generally. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Checklists and model cards are one way to provide standard best practices for reporting details about ML models.

    “Specifically, checklists and model cards are one way to provide standard best practices for reporting details about ML models.38,39,40”
  • Study quality was assessed using QUADAS-2 and CLAIM tools.

    “The quality of the selected studies was rigorously assessed using the Checklist for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CLAIM) alongside the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 (QUADAS-2).23,24”
  • Existing guidelines for evaluating AI and LLMs in healthcare do not cover RAG applications in clinical settings.

    “However, these guidelines do not cover RAG applications in clinical settings, emphasizing the need for a more specific guideline.”

    From Improving large language model applications in biomedicine with retrieval-augmented generation: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and clinical development guidelines (2025) · cites this paper as [12]

    The Abstract (page unavailable) describes CLAIM as a guideline for AI research in medical imaging, including text analysis. Neither that passage nor the searched passages on RAG, large language models, and clinical applications assess whether existing guidelines cover clinical RAG applications; the absence of RAG from this paper does not establish the broader claim. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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  1. [31]31. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Clinical Trials. http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial- issues/clinical-trial-registration.html. Accessed February 20, 2020.

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Authors
Mongan, J., Moy, L., & Kahn, C. E.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Kahn, Charles E.
Venue
Radiology: Artificial Intelligence
Published
2020-03-01
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
e200029
ISSN
2638-6100 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3013294478
Cited by
1,443
References
31
Citations by year
2026: 381 · 2025: 233 · 2024: 287 · 2023: 220 · 2022: 170 · 2021: 120 · 2020: 29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Radiology Artificial Intelligence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Boettcher Foundation
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Keywords
artificial intelligence in medical imaging, reporting guidelines, author guidelines, peer review, model validation, model generalization

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